Where does “snitta” come from?

snitta (Swedish) comes from Swedish snitt, from German schnitt, from Middle High German snit, from Old High German snit, from Proto-West Germanic *snid, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz — a cut, slice, piece.

snitta (Swedish): to slice, to make an incision

Definitions

  1. to slice, to make an incision

Ancestry of “snitta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnitta cut; an average; face, section, cut
2Germanschnittfirst/third-person singular preterite of...
3Middle High Germansnit—
4Old High Germansnit—
5Proto-West Germanic*snid—
6Proto-Germanic*snidaza cut, slice, piece

Words derived from “snitta”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *snidaz →